Soccer - Archives 2017

BATON ROUGE – Lucy Parker's performance during her freshman season at LSU has been recognized by The Football Association in England as she will represent her country as part of England's Under-20 Women's National Team at the Nike International Tournament beginning Thursday in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

BATON ROUGE – LSU junior Alex Thomas certainly proved herself as one of the top strikers in the Southeastern Conference this fall, and she was honored Tuesday for her performance with a selection to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's All-Southeast Region Third Team for the 2017 season.

BATON ROUGE – The success of LSU student-athletes in the classroom reached a new milestone Wednesday as the University scored an all-time high of 90 percent in the most recent Graduation Success Rate released by the NCAA.

BATON ROUGE – Senior goalkeeper Lily Alfeld, LSU's female nominee for the Brad Davis SEC Community Service Postgraduate Scholarship Award, has been recognized by the conference once again this season for her leadership off the field as a member of the SEC Community Service Team for women's soccer.

BATON ROUGE – LSU freshman Chiara Ritchie-Williams solidified her reputation as one of the top young defenders in college soccer Sunday when she was awarded All-Southeastern Conference honors as a second-team selection by the league's head coaches on the strength of her outstanding rookie season.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The LSU Soccer team closed out its 2017 regular season in Columbia, Missouri, on Thursday night with a 2-0 defeat to the Missouri Tigers as Kaitlyn Clark and Savannah Trujillo found the scoresheet for the hosts on either side of halftime on their Senior Night at Audrey J. Walton Stadium.

BATON ROUGE – Members of the LSU Soccer program will have their focus on postseason qualification when they make the trip to Columbia, Missouri, on Thursday night as they wrap up the 2017 regular season with their match against the Missouri Tigers scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. CT on the SEC Network+.

BATON ROUGE – While the LSU Soccer team heads to Columbia on Thursday night to battle Missouri for the final spot in the SEC Tournament in its regular-season finale, a win could also see the Tigers make their return to the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament for the second time in three seasons.

AUBURN, Ala. – The LSU Soccer team earned a crucial point on its travels in the Southeastern Conference at the Auburn Soccer Complex on Sunday night with a 0-0 draw against the red-hot Auburn Tigers to remain alive in its bid for an SEC Tournament berth heading into the final match day of the regular season.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Soccer team hits the homestretch of the 2017 regular season with its final two Southeastern Conference matches coming in the next five days as the Tigers first head to Auburn, Alabama, on Sunday afternoon for a match with the Auburn Tigers scheduled to kick off at 5 p.m. CT on ESPNU.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Tigers played scoreless with 11th-ranked Texas A&M for 87 minutes of Thursday's Southeastern Conference clash in Baton Rouge before All-American candidate Ally Watt broke through with a late winner to give the visiting Aggies the points by a 1-0 margin at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Soccer team continues its march toward SEC and NCAA Tournament qualification on Thursday night when it welcomes the 11th-ranked Texas A&M Aggies to the LSU Soccer Stadium in Baton Rouge for its home finale scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. CT live on the SEC Network.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Soccer team fell by a 4-0 scoreline to the No. 8-ranked UCF Knights in its final non-conference match of the season at the LSU Soccer Stadium in Baton Rouge on Sunday afternoon after the sides were originally scheduled to meet at the UCF Soccer Complex in Orlando back on Sept. 8.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Soccer team will break from Southeastern Conference play Sunday afternoon when it welcomes the No. 7-ranked UCF Knights to Baton Rouge for its final non-conference match of the season as the two sides are set to kick off at Noon CT at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

BATON ROUGE – Junior goalkeeper Caroline Brockmeier denied Kayla McKeon's spot kick in the 64th minute with a diving stop to keep the Tigers in the match, but the hosts were unable to equalize down the stretch while suffering a 1-0 defeat to Arkansas on Thursday night at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

Three vital points in the race for Southeastern Conference Tournament qualification will be on the line Thursday night when the LSU Tigers return home to host the Arkansas Razorbacks in a match kicking off at 6 p.m. CT at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

OXFORD, Miss. – Junior forward Alex Thomas pulled a goal back for LSU with her eighth of the season midway through the second half, but her consolation was not enough as the visiting Tigers fell, 4-1, at 24th-ranked Ole Miss in their Southeastern Conference clash Sunday at the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium.

BATON ROUGE – After picking up its first SEC win of the season with a 2-1 victory over Georgia at home on Thursday night, the LSU Soccer team looks to build momentum in Oxford, Mississippi, on Sunday afternoon where it faces No. 24-ranked Ole Miss in a match scheduled to kick off at 2 p.m. CT on the SEC Network+.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Soccer team has not only performed among the nation's best on the field during the 2017 season, but the Tigers are also among the leaders in the classroom while being honored for the seventh year in a row with the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award.

BATON ROUGE – Alex Thomas scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season with a one-time finish off the give-and-go with Lucy Parker in the 87th minute to hand the Tigers their first win in SEC play in 2017 as the hosts came away 2-1 winners over Georgia in Thursday's match at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

BATON ROUGE – With a week's rest following their travels to Lexington, Kentucky, last week, the LSU Tigers are excited to return home Thursday night as they welcome the visiting Georgia Bulldogs to the LSU Soccer Stadium for a match that is scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. CT live on the SEC Network+.

BATON ROUGE – LSU Soccer is ranked among the nation's top-20 women's college soccer programs in the NCAA's Ratings Percentage Index for a third-straight week after the Tigers came in at No. 19 nationally during the 2017 season with the release of the latest RPI rankings on Monday morning.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Midfielder Gina Crosetti opened the scoring for the hosts in the 62nd minute and forward Sophie Babo followed with two goals just three minutes apart as the LSU Tigers suffered a 3-0 setback to the Kentucky Wildcats on a chilly Friday night at the Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex.

BATON ROUGE – After picking up its first two points in Southeastern Conference play with a pair of draws last week, the LSU Soccer team heads to Lexington, Kentucky, in search of its first win in league play this year when it battles the Kentucky Wildcats on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. CT at the Bell Soccer Complex.

BATON ROUGE – With the Southeastern Conference season now in full swing, the LSU Soccer team finds itself on the cusp of the Top 10 of the NCAA's Ratings Percentage Index as the Tigers are up three spots this week to No. 11 in the latest RPI ranking released Monday morning.